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God's Crucible God's Crucible
David Levering Lewis

In this panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe, a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian reexamines what we once thought we knew.

At the beginning of the eighth century, the Arabs brought...

Kidnapped Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson

Young David Balfour escapes on the high seas to return to Scotland.
Murder at The Washington Tribune Murder at The Washington Tribune
Margaret Truman

From senators to summer interns, from all the president's men to all-powerful women, Margaret Truman captures the fascinating, high-wire drama of Washington, D.C., like no other writer. Now this master...
Jesus Jesus
Deepak Chopra

Jesus is a fresh and inspirational re-imagining of a young man’s transformational journey from carpenter’s son to revolutionary leader to the man many believe to be the savior of the world....

Emerald Windows Emerald Windows
Terri Blackstock

Ten years ago, devastated by an ugly scandal, Brooke Martin fled the small town of Hayden to pursue a career as a stained glass artist. Now Brooke has returned on business to discover that some...

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson

The horrible Herdmans are the meanest kids around. They lie, steal, cuss, and smoke cigars---even the girls. The last place anyone expected to see them is in church. So when the Herdmans storm Sunday...
Kings Kings
King James Version

The First Book of the Kings, also referred to as The Third Book of the Kings, tells of the reign of Solomon and the split of Israel (the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom,...

Kant in 90 Minutes Kant in 90 Minutes
Paul Strathern

Immanuel Kant taught and wrote prolifically about physical geography yet never traveled further than forty miles from his home in Königsberg. How appropriate it is then that in his philosophy he...

The Penelopiad The Penelopiad
Margaret Atwood

In Homer's account in The Odyssey, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife, her story a salutary lesson through the...
The Best-Kept Secret The Best-Kept Secret
Kimberla Lawson Roby

The Reverend Curtis Black is surely one of the cleverest ne'er-do-wells ever to set foot in a church. In this new tale, Curtis is starting over. He has a new job, a new wife (again), and a newfound...


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Post Captain Post Captain
Patrick O'Brian

"We've beat them before and we'll beat them again."

In 1803, Napoleon smashes the Peace of Amiens, and Captain Jack Aubrey, taking refuge in France from his creditors, is interned. He escapes from...

Kings Kings
King James Version

The First Book of the Kings, also referred to as The Third Book of the Kings, tells of the reign of Solomon and the split of Israel (the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom,...

The Year of Pleasures The Year of Pleasures
Elizabeth Berg

Betta Nolan moves to a small town after the death of her husband to try to begin life anew. Though still dealing with her sorrow, Betta nonetheless is determined to find pleasure in her simple daily...
Classic Poe Classic Poe
Edgar Allan Poe

The Bells, The Cask of Amontillado • The Tell-Tale Heart • The Fall of the House of Usher • The Raven THE BLACK CAT • Berenice • The Man Who Was All Used-Up.
The Power of Your Spoken Word The Power of Your Spoken Word
Louise Hay

What's the first thing you say to yourself when you wake up in the morning? What's the last thing you think before you go to sleep at night? Are they "power thoughts," or are they "poverty...

Hot Target Hot Target
Suzanne Brockmann

New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann knows exactly what makes hearts race and pulses pound: peril and passion. No one succeeds more brilliantly at blending these exhilarating elements in...
The Fire The Fire
Katherine Neville

Katherine Neville’s groundbreaking novel, The Eight, dazzled audiences more than twenty years ago and set the literary stage for the epic thriller. A quest for a mystical chess service that once...
Killing the Shadows Killing the Shadows
Val McDermid

A killer is on the loose, blurring the line between fact and fiction. His prey - the writers of crime novels who have turned psychological profilers into the heroes of the nineties. But this killer is...
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Four great mysteries: 'Adventures of the Speckled Band', 'The Red Headed League', 'The Musgrave Ritual' and 'The Final Problem'.
Classic Twain Classic Twain
Mark Twain

Unabridged Stories written by Mark Twain. The Jumping Frog of Calavaras County, Tom Quartz, The Story of the Old Ram, What Stumped the Blue Jays, Journalism in Tennessee, Carnival of Crime, Buck...

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That Hideous Strength That Hideous Strength
C. S. Lewis

This is the final book of C. S. Lewis’s acclaimed Cosmic (or Ransom) Trilogy, which includes Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra. A classic work of fantasy as much for the wonder of its...

The Best-Kept Secret The Best-Kept Secret
Kimberla Lawson Roby

The Reverend Curtis Black is surely one of the cleverest ne'er-do-wells ever to set foot in a church. In this new tale, Curtis is starting over. He has a new job, a new wife (again), and a newfound...

Glenn Harrold's Ultimate Guide to Quitting Smoking Forever Glenn Harrold's Ultimate Guide to Quitting Smoking Forever
Glenn Harrold

Combining skilled hypnotherapy techniques with high quality creative sound effects. This high quality recording, by the UK’s best selling hypnotherapist Glenn Harrold, combines the very latest...

The Sweet Far Thing The Sweet Far Thing
Libba Bray

The conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy is extraordinary in its scope, with thrilling prose and a heroine unrivaled in contemporary historical fiction. It has been a...

The Brass Verdict The Brass Verdict
Michael Connelly

The Lincoln lawyer's Mickey Haller and LAPD detective Harry Bosch team up in this stunning new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.

Things are finally looking up...
For One More Day For One More Day
Mitch Albom

For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a...

Borrower of the Night Borrower of the Night
Elizabeth Peters

It began as a game, a treasure hunt in an old German castle. For the beautiful and brilliant Vicky Bliss, it was also a challenge, a chance to bring an arrogant young man down a notch or two. And...

When Will There Be Good News? When Will There Be Good News?
Kate Atkinson

On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever ... On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson...

The Soloist The Soloist
Steve Lopez

When journalist Steve Lopez sees Nathaniel Ayers playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles’ skid row, he finds it impossible to walk away. More than thirty years ago, Ayers was a...

Serena Serena
Ron Rash

The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton travel from Boston to the North Carolina mountains where they plan to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp...

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Without Fail Without Fail
Lee Child

Jack Reacher is approached by a Secret Service agent who needs a favor. "I want to hire you to assassinate the Vice President of the United States," she asks. She is the newly appointed head of the...
Tampa Burn Tampa Burn
Randy Wayne White

"They've taken our son, Marion." In all his life, no matter who he was with, Marion "Doc" Ford had been passionately, irresponsibly in love with only one woman. Her name was Pilar, and she was married...
Here We All Are Here We All Are
Ram Dass

Telling his story in "three chapters," Ram Dass explains how he moved from the structured academic world to wide-open experiences with psychedelics (and the Harvard experiments with Timothy Leary)....

The Sweet Far Thing The Sweet Far Thing
Libba Bray

The conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy is extraordinary in its scope, with thrilling prose and a heroine unrivaled in contemporary historical fiction. It has been a...

The Best-Kept Secret The Best-Kept Secret
Kimberla Lawson Roby

The Reverend Curtis Black is surely one of the cleverest ne'er-do-wells ever to set foot in a church. In this new tale, Curtis is starting over. He has a new job, a new wife (again), and a newfound...

Sea Fire Sea Fire
Cliff Garnett

The Russian and British navies are conducting joint military maneuvers in the Irish Sea. Suddenly, a Russian sub suffers a radiation leak--or at least that's what everyone thinks. In reality, the...

Falling Awake Falling Awake
Jayne Ann Krentz

A red scarf. A roller coaster. A tidal wave of blood.

Isabel Wright spends her days at the Belvedere Center for Sleep Research analyzing the dreams of others. Dr. Martin Belvedere, a pioneer in...
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Anne Catherine Emmerich

Anne Catherine Emmerich was born in Germany in 1774. As a child she believed that angels, saints, and the Holy Family visited and talked with her as she worked in the fields. At twenty-four, she had...
Night Night
Elie Wiesel

In 1944, 15 year old Wiesel's village Sighet in Hungary was overtaken by Hitler's army. The jews in the village were deported to concentration camps, including young Wiesel and his family. NIGHT is...

Fly Without Fear Fly Without Fear
Gay Hendricks

For millions of people, the thought of air travel can provoke enormous anxiety. But what can we do about it? With Fly without Fear: Proven Breathing Techniques for In-Flight Relaxation, psychologist...

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Anne Roiphe

Weaving between heartbreaking memories of her marriage and the pressing needs of her new day-to-day routine, Roiphe constructs an elegant literary pastiche, not of grief but of renewal. She begins...

Instant Immersion Arabic Instant Immersion Arabic
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Instant Immersion™ Arabic Audio Program

  • Developed by a respected Arabic translator and university instructor
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King Lear King Lear
William Shakespeare

The tragedy of King Lear receives an outstanding performance in an all-star cast led by Britain’s senior classical actor, Paul Scofield. He is joined by Alec McCowen as Gloucester, Ken Branagh as...

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Leaves of Grass Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman

One of the great innovative figures in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daring new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature. His poems have been woven into the very...

Joshua, Judges and Ruth Joshua, Judges and Ruth
King James Version

Joshua recounts the conquest and division of Canaan by Israel under Joshua, the successor to Moses.

The Book of Judges covers the period between Joshua's death and the rise of...

Elvis Presley Elvis Presley
Pamela Clarke Keogh

That voice, those eyes, that hair, the cars, the girls—Elvis Presley revolutionized American pop culture. “His appearance on Ed Sullivan ripped the 1950s in half,” writes the author. Keogh examines...
Glenn Harrold's Ultimate Guide to Quitting Smoking Forever Glenn Harrold's Ultimate Guide to Quitting Smoking Forever
Glenn Harrold

Combining skilled hypnotherapy techniques with high quality creative sound effects. This high quality recording, by the UK’s best selling hypnotherapist Glenn Harrold, combines the very latest...

Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes
Paul Strathern

Kierkegaard wasn't really a philosopher in the academic sense. Yet he produced what many people expect of philosophy. He didn't write about the world, he wrote about life, about how we live and how...

The Tell-Tale Heart & The Raven The Tell-Tale Heart & The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe

"You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me." The Master of the Macabre's most famous horrific short story, followed by his just-as-famous archetype of dark poetry.

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